Feast on traditional Irish favorites on St. Patrick's Day

10:59 AM,
Mar. 12, 2014

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If you're trying to stick with traditional Irish foods this St. Patty's Day, don't order corned beef and cabbage.

"I spent the first 34 years of my life in Ireland and I never saw corned beef and cabbage on a menu," says Michael Reidy, owner of the The Irish Rover in Louisville.

Hearty stews, meat and potatoes, fresh vegetables and fish are staples of the Emerald Isle. Reidy, who grew up in Kilmihil, a small seaside village on the western coast of Ireland, says seafood is plentiful and prepared many ways. ...